The Pinellas County School Board on Oct. 14 approved tentative collective-bargaining agreements and salary adjustments for three employee groups, authorizing retroactive pay increases and nonrecurring bonus payments drawn in part from a local referendum.

The board unanimously (7-0) approved a tentative agreement with the Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association that the district said includes “a total average salary increase of 8.92%,” a memorandum of understanding to provide two nonrecurring $300 payments for full-time bargaining-unit employees, health-plan changes effective Jan. 1, 2026, and a 1% contribution from the operating budget retroactive to July 1, 2025. District staff told the board the pay increases retroactive to July 1 will appear in employees’ paychecks on Oct. 31, 2025.

Mr. Vigu, the chief human resources officer, summarized the agreement and thanked the union for a cooperative negotiations process. He told the board the PCTA agreement includes updates to more than 20 contract articles and that the MOU payments are scheduled for Dec. 12, 2025 and May 29, 2026.

The board next approved a ratified agreement with SEIU, the Florida Public Services Union, that the district presented as an average salary increase of 11.98% inclusive of referendum funding and the MOU bonus. The SEIU MOU provides two additional nonrecurring payments totaling $300 for full-time members, split into $150 on Dec. 19, 2025 and $150 on May 22, 2026. The district said the SEIU salary increases retroactive to July 1 will be realized in employees’ Nov. 7, 2025 paychecks.

Board members who spoke in favor of the agreements thanked bargaining teams and voters who approved the local referendum. Vice Chair Caprice Edmond said the negotiations “were not easy” and praised the inclusion of multiple contract articles reached during an open-book process. Board Member Peters credited voter support for enabling the increases and noted the raises also allowed the district to include support staff this year.

The board also approved a salary increase package for nonrepresented support staff — which the superintendent characterized as principal secretaries, cafeteria managers and others who supervise support staff but are not union members — described by staff as averaging 9.6% and including the same two $150 nonrecurring payments scheduled for Dec. 19, 2025 and May 22, 2026. District staff said those nonrepresented pay increases retroactive to July 1 will be included in employees’ Nov. 7, 2025 paychecks.

Board members were told two other bargaining-unit negotiations were still underway. The district’s chief negotiator reported a tentative agreement with the union representing district police was reached Oct. 7 and is expected to be presented for board approval after ratification by that union. A bargaining unit that represents paraprofessionals, campus monitors, nurses and related employees has requested open-book negotiations and had not yet agreed to terms; district staff said meetings were projected for early November and that timing could affect when any negotiated payments would be issued.

All three items (PCTA agreement, SEIU agreement and the nonrepresented support-staff pay adjustments) passed the board by recorded votes of 7-0.